MAH CET 2014: Logical Reasoning- Expected questions and tips to crack MAH MBA CET 2014

Updated on March 10, 2014

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Logical and Abstract reasoning in MAHCET may have 70+ questions out of total 200 and as such form a major share of the test

The difficulty level of the question paper in MAH CET 2014 is easier than CAT/XAT although total number of questions is more than these All India tests. MAHCET has 200 MCQs as against 60 in CAT and 103 in XAT 2014. Time to solve the test in MAHCET is 150 minutes which is 140 minutes in CAT and 160 minutes in XAT. There is no negative marking in MAHCET whereas all other tests impose penalty for every wrong answer. Candidates prefer to attempt all the questions in MAHCET since there is no fear of deduction of marks due to negative marking and this is the reason due to which high percentage becomes the cut off point to top rated B schools.

How important is Reasoning in MAHCET 2014?

Logical and Abstract reasoning in MAHCET may have 70+ questions out of total 200 and as such form a major share of the test. Cracking them right will be the gateway to score high in the test. Many of the questions will involve some tricks but an aspirant with basic conceptual clarity will be able to solve these questions.

This section may include Analytical Reasoning, Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning. Around 50 questions can be expected in Analytical Reasoning part and 20 to 25 questions may come in Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal (Visual) Reasoning.

Important topics

In reasoning section important topics are Caselet, Analogies, Coding Decoding, Series Completion, Data Sufficiency, Inference Based Question, and in some questions, you will be provided with a statement and will need to find the correct set of assumption or the correct conclusion.

As paper contains 200 questions in 150 minutes with no negative marking, one must mark answer for all the questions without wasting time. If you are not able to solve a question, you can have smart guess to pick out the most appropriate option rather than leaving the question un-attempted.

Here are some sample questions on various topics which can be asked in the exam.

Topics-

Caselet- In this topic a caselet having some information or data will be provided and it will be followed by 3-5 questions based on the information provided. We need to answer based only on the information provided in the caselet.

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
(i)Lectures on six subjects P, Q, R, S, T and U are organised on the same day one after the other by six different persons A, B, C, D, E and F. Subjects and persons are not necessarily in the same order.

(ii) First lecture was on subject Q but not by B immediately followed by C’s lecture. Lecture on subject R is taken by E just before the last lecture. Last lecture on subject T is taught by F. D’s lecture on subject P is between C and B’s lectures.

Q.1. Lecture on subject P is preceded by whose lecture?
(1) B (2) E (3) B or E (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these

Q.2. Whose lecture is at serial No. 4?
(1) B (2) C (3) B or C (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these

Q.3. Who takes lecture on subject ‘S’?
(1) C (2) B (3) C or B (4) A or B (5) None of these

Q.4. Who takes the first lecture?
(1) C (2) A (3) D (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these

Statement – Conclusion:

In each question below are given some statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Q.5. Statements: All films are clouds. All rats are clouds. Some clouds are chairs.
Conclusions: (I) No film is chair. (II) Some rats are films. (III) Some clouds are rats. (IV) Some chairs are rats.

(1) Only I and III follow (2) Either II or IV follows (3) None follows
(4) Only IV follows (5) None of these

Q.6. Statements: Some bugs are slates. All slates are apples. No apple is car.
Conclusions : (I) Some cars are slates. (II) Some bugs are cars. (III) Some apples are bugs. (IV) No car is bug.

(1) None follows (2) Only II follows (3) Only III follows
(4) Either II or IV and III follow (5) None of these

Coding-Decoding-

Q.7. In a code language ‘pla te lo’ means ‘Children like playing’; ‘te wo de’ means ‘Children hate studying’ and ‘fa al lo’ means ‘All like flowers’. So which word stands for ‘hate’ in that language?
(1) de (2) wo (3) fa (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these

Q.8. ‘A + B’ means ‘A is sister of B’; ‘B – C’ means ‘C is wife of B’; ‘C x D’ means ‘D is son of C’. If all are true how is ‘A’ related to ‘D’?
(1) Mother (2) Sister (3) Aunt (4) Grandmother (5) None of these

Non-Verbal Reasoning- It is divided under following categories:
[1] Classification:
In each problem, out of the five figures marked (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5), four are similar in a certain manner. However, one figure is not like the other four. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.

Q.9.

Choose the figure which is different from the rest.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

1

(2).

2

(1).1 (2).2
(3).3 (4).4
(5).5

(2) 2.
Q.10.Choose the figure which is different from the rest.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

(1).	1	(2).	2
(3).	3	(4).	4
(5).	5

[2] Series:

Q.11. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will continue the same series as established by the five Problem Figures.

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

[3] Analogies :

Q.12. Select a suitable figure from the Answer Figures that would replace the question mark (?).

(A) (B) (C) (D) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

	1		2
	3		4
	5

Series Completion-

Q.13. What would come in place of question mark (?) in the series based on English alphabet?
AT RC EP ? IL

(1)NG (2) NH (3) GN (4) IN (5) None of these

Q.14.Which letter set will come in place of the question-mark in the following series?
QYB OSD LNH HJN ?
(1) DGV (2) CHV (3) CGW (4) CGU (5) CGV
Solutions:
Q1. (5)
Q2. (1)
Q3. (3)
Q4. (2)
Q5. (5)

Q6. (4) Q7. (4) Data is not sufficient to answer the given question.

Q8. (3) It’s based on blood relation and operator coding.

Q9. (1) The pins, equal in number to the number of sides in the main figure are attached to the midpoint of a side of the main figure in case of figures (2), (3), (4) and (5). In fig. (1), these pins are attached to a vertex of the main figure.

Q10. (1) In all other figures, there are two small line segments towards the pin and three small line segments towards the arrow.

Q11. (2) In each step, the elements move in the sequence.

Q12. (1) The upper element is converted to an element similar to the lower elements and each one of the lower elements is converted to an element similar to the upper element.

Q13. (3)It is based on character series. Here difference between each step is +2 and characters are interchanging their position at each step.

Q14. (5) Each term has three places. Characters at first place decrease by 2,3,4.., Characters at second place decrease by 6,5,4.., Characters at third place increase by 2,4,6,..

Key tips to prepare and crack the questions in MAH CET 2014
Reasoning as discussed above consists of various topics which need to be logically understood, carefully practiced so that you are exposed to all types of problems. Once you begin with the versatile problem solving methodology, your hunger for more problems will go on increasing and you will enjoy solving them. The more you practice the more improved will be your expertise.

Don’t skip the information
Make optimum use of Information and Variables. Aspirants, sometimes, in a hurry to solve the question or due to over confidence, miss/skip some information, variable in the LR question and this becomes disastrous. It is of utmost importance to use all the assumptions, items of given information, variables used. All the sentences in the question should be carefully read and understood, the clues in the sentences will enable you to find out the relationship between different variables.

Questions in Reasoning may be repetitive
If you view the past MAHCET papers, you will find problems, based on number of topics, repetitively been asked-like seating arrangement, sets, statements assumptions, conclusion etc. Once you select such topics and go on working on them, you will get more ideas to focus on question solving methods and will develop better strategies with short cuts.

Don’t loosen the Grip over the question
In most of the cases, candidates, during the process of solving the problem stagger and lose the grip of the test. They begin beating about the bush and waste the time and energy. It is therefore, advised to improve the attempts in the examination. Attempt such questions in first round where you have more confidence and can attempt it in less time. Later you may go on selecting other questions.

Don’t get panicky
There may be a few tasks, unique problems - new ones even in the same topic which you might face for the first time. Do not get panicky-maintain you’re cool - go through it, understand it, find out what exactly is being asked and what should be the methodology to solve the same. Once you solve it, find out the time spent on it and find out more such problems to practice.

Attempt problems with various difficulty levels-
The best method to understand and solve Logical Reasoning questions, is to go for LOD=1 to LOD=3. The problem with LR questions is that they look alike and it is always difficult, since similar language is used, to figure out whether the question is doable or not. Try to solve as many questions on all difficulty levels, as possible. Never be shy of practice.

Questions with direct clues will be easier in comparison to the questions with indirect clues. The only and the best suggestion to be winner in this section is more development of logic, more understanding and more practice.

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